Normally the teen driver records the drives on their phone. This helps makes sure that the distraction monitors are working for the actual driver as opposed to a parent in the passenger seat. The teen can also view a digital speed display on the phone itself with warnings when accelerating too quickly or braking too hard. This is only advised if the phone is placed in a good viewing location that won’t distract and if the teen is capable of safely viewing the phone screen while driving. Drives should not be recorded simultaneously on different phones logged into the same account. While multiple phones can use the app and record drives, only one can record at a time.

The total score is based on how often the driver brakes harshly, accelerates quickly, drives distracted and speeds (upgrade required). The severity of the incident will reduce the score more but can heal over time when driving without incident. You can read the FAQs about Braking, Acceleration, Distraction and Speeds to learn more about how each specific score is calculated.

Incidents reduce both the Brake and Overall Score. The harsher the braking, the more the score is lowered. The score will improve steadily from driving without any incidents. Sometimes you may need to brake hard to stay safe and it may impact your score but most of the time, smoother is better. With the ASD upgrade, additional monitors for hard braking near a traffic light or stop sign will also lower the score.

Hard accelerations incidents will reduce both the Accel and Overall Score. The faster the acceleration, the more it is lowered. The score will improve steadily from driving without any incidents. Sometimes you may need to accelerate hard to stay safe and it may impact your score but most of the time, smoother is better. With the ASD upgrade, additional monitors for hard accels near a traffic light will also lower the score.

Anytime the screen or buttons are pushed while a drive is recording, the incident will be counted as a distraction and lower the Distraction and Overall Scores. The higher the speed when the distraction occurs, the more the score is lowered. The number of incoming and outgoing calls is recorded but does not impact the scores.

With the purchase of the Advanced Street Data ASD subscription, the Speed Score and Overall Score is reduced by the amount and time over the speed limit. The score will improve steadily from driving at or below the speed limit as long as other incidents don’t occur. Speeding near and through traffic lights and rolling through stop signs will also lower the score. If you have not upgraded to ASD, monitors will show “- -“

Subscription available for in-app purchase for $5 per month that unlocks the Speed score and enhances the Acceleration and Braking scores. ​ SPEEDING Records actual speed using smartphone GPS Compares to actual posted limits using location lookup Get stats like max and average speeds over limit Score is adjusted for duration and amount over limits Detects speeding through traffic lights and rolling stops ​ ​ ACCELERATION / BRAKING Adjusts score for hard brake or acceleration near traffic lights Hard braking can mean a light was almost run Accelerating can mean a light was actually run

Indicates the trend of your last few drives to the past few days. Will only provide a trend after you have several drives recorded and requires in-app-purchase upgrade for speed trending.

Drives are automatically logged toward night hours as required by your state. Night is determined by the location of your drive and begins at approximately 30 minutes after the official sunset time. If your state does not require night hours, the app will not show Night Hours.

No, we believe your information is your information. Anonymized data on the aggregate can be shared for research and marketing purposes but your privacy is protected.

Once a trip is recorded you may edit it as a parent/supervisor or teen. The drive will show “USER EDIT” to indicate it has been altered from the original. New drives can be created and will also say “USER EDIT.”

New drives can be created and will also say “USER EDIT.” Please contact support@motolingo.com if drives are not saving properly.

GPS location is used to look up weather conditions in a weather service at the end of each drive and added to the trip in the app. The purpose is to make sure new teen drivers have practiced driving in different weather conditions. If your drive encountered different conditions or other conditions while driving that you would like to record, you can edit the drive and/or create new drives with different weather conditions.

Yes, you can find the report generator in the menu in the app.

Yes, you can unsubscribe within the email. You will need to contact support@motolingo.com to resubscribe.

Yes, the first solo drives without supervision can be an important time to keep coaching and monitoring to show the importance of driving safely.

Parents/supervisors can download the same app and login with teen’s email and password to view the same information as the teen.

Record drives for your state and automatically keep track of progress totals while getting feedback on how to improve. See scores on the areas that are most likely to cause an accident: braking for tailgating, accelerating for aggressiveness, distractions and speeding compared to posted limits, stop signs and intersection red light running. Generate a log of drives when complete and use to get the license (as allowed by state). Continue using the app after getting a license for the first solo drives without supervision and beyond for peace of mind and continued coaching.

We recommend that the device be plugged into a charger while using the app. The battery consumption is similar to GPS navigation apps. Put the phone into sleep mode to reduce power required to display the screen. This is optional and doesn’t provide the driver feedback on speed and braking/acceleration incidents.

The app uses GPS to calculate the scores, to automatically stop a drive if not moving for several minutes and to determine weather encountered on the trip.

You likely have already created an account with the same email address. Select “Login” on the startup view and select “Forgot Password” to reset your password. If you no longer have the email, you can use another email address to create a new account.

Go into the menu at the top left of the app and select Edit Profile. Check that you have your state selected and, if not, select the appropriate state. Press the save icon in the top right and check if your drives have updated. If not, Sign Out and Login again to update your drives that are stored in the cloud. Your recorded drives should be recovered and updated in the app. If your drives were not recovered, you can create a new trip by going to the Trips view by selecting the bottom right tab. Then, select press the + in the top right to create new drives.

Please try again in a few minutes as it could be an issue with the network you are using or the cloud servers that are providing the service. If the issue persists, please contact FGL's support for this app at support@motolingo.com.